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Technology holds the ability to solve some of society’s problems, but can generate new issues or require measures that people are unwilling to take, said Dennis Bushnell, chief scientist at the NASA Langley Research Center, during a Friday talk at the World Futurist Society conference in Boston. The end result is that humans are “in the midst of a wholly unexpected technology revolution.”

July 12, 2010. In the coming decades, James Canton, a world-renowned futurist, foresees that biotechnology, ICT, nanotechnology, and neurotechnology will be the areas of radical innovation and source of a huge chunk of the global wealth in the next five, ten, and twenty years. Among these top trends that will…

Cloud computing is the next stage of the Internet, assuming it can develop in an open manner, according to a speaker at a futurist conference. Cloud computing – Computer science – Business – Distributed Computing – Microsoft

Technology can help solve some of society’s problems as well as introduce new complications, said a speaker at a futurist conference. Technology – Communication – Business – Education – Math

Technology holds the ability to solve some of society’s problems, but can generate new issues or require measures that people are unwilling to take, said Dennis Bushnell, chief scientist at the NASA Langley Research Center, during a Friday talk at the World Futurist Society conference in Boston. The end result is that humans are “in the midst of a wholly unexpected technology revolution.”

A well-respected university professor said at a futurist conference today that the cloud will surpass the web in importance. According to CIO.com , Georgetown University Professor Mike Nelson made the remarks today at the World Future Society conference in Boston. His comments came in the context of a discussion about the Internet, the cloud and its future. Nelson said that in the mid-1990s, the …

I’ve been doing some research into the next generation of music technologies, and, not surprisingly, futurist Ray Kurzweil had plenty to say – sending me a lengthy response as to what he sees as the innovations to come.

Says survey of Web 2.0 people By 2020, personal social relations will be have been transformed for the better, thanks to the magic of Web 2.0. So says a survey of American ‘thought leaders’ conducted by private liberal arts college Elon and pollster Pew.

Dave Evans knows his own mind. One day, he believes, it will be possible for him to know yours as well.

Legendary diner serves funders with flair

She was evasive and not so great at conversation. But what would you expect from a machine made of rubber?

Andrew Segal, whose firm buys distressed commercial property, found success with hybrid malls.

Call it the Buck’s Silicon Valley Barometer: The economy may be wobbly and the mood of the country anxious, but the Woodside cafe is humming again with deal-making breakfasts.

Welcome to the boomtown! Fargo has gotten a major plug in an article in the July 2 edition of Newsweek as an example of cities leading an economic resurgence in the nation’s heartland.  Talk about this topic

New entries in the “Indiana Jones,” “Die Hard,” and “Rambo” franchises can attest, not to mention recent revivals of The A-Team , Karate Kid , and Smurfs , that Hollywood is high on an ’80s revival train right now. As a child of the eighties it is certainly strange to see so many of your formative icons being mined for box office dollars, but when we all sat down in the Tron Legacy production …

THE “brains trust” set up to decide the future of Scarborough’s ailing Futurist Theatre is preparing to launch its public consultation as fears grow the curtain could fall for good. (05/07/2010 12:16:38)

If there’s one thing we’ve learned about sci-fi, it’s that no futurist or fantasist can imagine a world where humans don’t blow stuff up for fun. Fireworks are the original eye candy, the special effects that existed before filmmakers knew they even needed regular effects. This 234th Independence Day, we commemorate America’s greatest excuse to set the sky ablaze with this list of the best …

Baker & Taylor, Inc., the world’s largest distributor of physical and digital books and entertainment products, is proud to announce it has entered into an agreement with F+W Media, Inc., to provide rich, highly-formatted content on Blio.

A picture emerged yesterday of accused Russian agent Donald Heathfield of Cambridge as someone who may have had…

Vandals have poured red dye into the Italian capital’s famous Trevi Fountain.